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Signposts: Gender issues in post-independence …, 1999
The ideologies of globalisation and structural adjustment seek to make one deaf to the immediate past and to anything that does not speak in the language of efficiency. However, the contemporary changes overtaking us, disturbing as they are, also hat hour the possibility of bringing our political and intellectual engagements on to new and fruitful terrain. For those who have been working at the interface of gender and development, it is time to refigure their priorities, not by secluding themselves within some putative 'pure' economy, but by broadening feminist conceptions of the economy itself Rescuing the notion of gender from its ritualistic incantations and making it really work for a more emancipatory and inclusive social order is one of the ways open to them, one they have every reason to take.
“The global women’s movement and its efforts To influence the global economy.”
Global economic integration, driven by the economic engines of liberalization, privatization and regulation, sometimes called neo-liberalization, is presenting a host of new challenges to seeking economic and social justice for women. Many of the advances women made during the 1970s and 1980s have been stalled or reversed. It is no longer adequate to simple critique the negative impact on neoliberalism on women and advocate that they be better integrated into the economy. The very model of economic integration needs to be challenged. This challenge is being carried forward at the theoretical level by feminist economists and at the political level by social movements and human rights advocates.
2017
Achieving women's economic empowerment in an increasingly unequal world Women's economic empowerment could reduce poverty for everyone. In order to achieve it, we need to first fix the current broken economic model which is undermining gender equality and causing extreme economic inequality. The neoliberal model has made it harder for women to have better quality and better paid jobs, address inequality in unpaid care work, and women's influence and decision making power is constrained. To achieve women's economic empowerment, we need a human economy that works for women and men alike, and for everyone, not just the richest 1%. 'Women had no voice in this community. They had no right to join other women. The coop has changed women's lives in this community. They [men] saw us being self reliant-bringing home money, bringing sugar for porridge, they have really changed their mindset on women.'-Flonira Mukamana, member of COPAPF women's cooperative in Kinigi sector, Musanze District, Northern Rwanda. Women's economic empowerment requires the creation of decent, quality work opportunities with fair pay, and an increase in women's decision making power. 2 It is vital for fulfilling women's rights, reducing poverty and achieving broader development goals. To end extreme poverty will take much more than just money. But gender inequality in the economy costs women in developing countries $9 trillion a year 3-a sum which would not only benefit women but would unleash new spending power across communities and provide a massive boost to the economy as a whole. However, progress in making women equal to men in the economy is painfully slow, and women are still more likely than men to live in poverty. 4 Across the world, women consistently earn less than men and are concentrated in the lowest-paid and least secure forms of work. 5 Globally, the average gender pay gap is 23 percent 6 and 700 million fewer women than men are in paid work. 7 The World Economic Forum has warned that instead of improving in 2016, gender inequality in the economy reverted to where it stood in 2008. 8 At the current rate of progress, it will take 170 years for women and men to be employed at the same rates, paid the same for equal work, and have the same levels of seniority. 9 Clearly, a structural change is needed. Evidence shows that although gender equality supports economic growth, not all economic growth supports gender equality. 10 Our current economic model is concentrating wealth at the top of the economy, causing extreme economic inequality and leaving the poorest women and girls behind. Currently eight men own as much as the poorest 3.6bn people on the planet. 11 Rising inequality has slowed down reductions in poverty, and the majority of the world's poor continue to be women. To achieve women's economic empowerment, we need to make the economy work for women. Harmful social norms devalue and restrict women's work: research in 67 developing countries revealed that on average, one in five men disagreed that women should have work outside the home, even if they are qualified to do it. 12 Inequalities also persist in the law and regulation. 155 countries have at least one law which means women have fewer economic rights than men. 13 There has also been a failure to recognize that economic policy impacts women and girls differently to men and boys.
Journal of international women's studies, 2016
The current collection of articles was first presented as papers at the Second World Conference on Women's Studies, hosted by The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), May 5-6, 2016 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Authors subsequently built on their conference presentations, transforming them into scholarly articles with activist recommendations for change--the hallmark of the JIWS. It was my great pleasure to serve as conference co-organizer and special issue editor for the present collection. Here, we have an opportunity to focus our attention on the insights of SE Asian feminist scholar-activists, both women and men, whose research marks a significant contribution to global knowledge of the region's challenges and achievements regarding gender equality. Paper topics include--among others--young Cambodian women's expressions of self-determination and agency through zines (on-line, self-published magazines); the increasing visibility and contributions of women...
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Staff Discussion Notes, 2015
DISCLAIMER: Staff Discussion Notes (SDNs) showcase policy-related analysis and research being developed by IMF staff members and are published to elicit comments and to encourage debate. The views expressed in Staff Discussion Notes are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management.
Welcome to the Fourth International Congress on Women in a Global World: Struggle for Equality. This significant event, scheduled to take place in İstanbul on May 23-25, 2024, is a collaborative effort by İstanbul Topkapı University Women and Family Studies Application and Research Center and numerous esteemed international institutions. The primary aim of this congress is to foster an inclusive, multidisciplinary, and global discussion on women's issues, gender inequality, and the varying ways in which these matters influence and are influenced by the structures within our societies. This congress provides a platform for insightful minds from various disciplines to share their research and perspectives on these pressing issues. Contained within this book are abstracts that offer a glimpse into the breadth and depth of the research that will be shared at the congress. Each abstract has been meticulously crafted, revealing a snapshot of the larger study it represents. This compilation of abstracts serves as a testament to the diversity of thought, methodologies, and approaches employed by researchers in this critical field.
Book review Gender, Development and Globalization, second ed.docx
this new edition of Gender, Development and Globalisation explores the implications of the social and economic processes of change triggered by globalisation for gender inequality and women's lives across the world economy. While still making some reference to structural adjustment and to the debt crisis, which do remain key historical landmarks in the rise of neoliberalism and its 'globalisation project', the book also engages significantly with the impact of the 2008 financial crisis and its gendered dimension, both in the North and in the South. The book is organised into six chapters. The first two provide a great overview of the evolution of the gender agenda in development studies and economics. Quite a lot has already been written on the paradigmatic shift from the Women and Development (WID) to Gender and Development (GAD) framework -the focus of the first chapter of the book. However, in my view, the analysis in this chapter stands out for its concise historical overview; for its engagement with the Women and Development (WAD) approach, often glossed over in much of the contemporary gender literature, and for its efforts to compare the rationale, policies and implications of structural adjustment with those characterising the world economy after the 2008 financial crisis. The final part of the chapter, provides a necessary critique of contemporary notions of 'smart economics', and important reflections on the limited success of processes of gender mainstreaming adopted in the international policy arena, which often turn into a mere technical exercise, constituting what Andrea Cornwall (2007) has called 'empowerment lite'. 1